CALDWELL / WEST CALDWELL, NJ - This Satuday, June 11, organizations in Caldwell and West Caldwell will present a variety of interesting and exciting historic programs at multiple locations which are designed to appeal to all ages and interests. See below for a detailed list of exhibits, lectures, self-guided walking tours, and an overnight Civil War reenactment. Events are listed by scheduled time.

West Caldwell Library - "Genealogy and Local History Resources"Local History and Genealogy Room: 9am to 5pm and during all regular library hours30 Clinton Road, West Caldwell

The library's genalogy collection currently includes over 700 books, as well as manuscripts, microfilmed newspapers, directories, yearbooks, maps, photographs, and family histories

The library also offers access to "Ancestry Library Edition"

Special Exhibit: West Essex Woman’s Club 's “West Essex Women of Achievement”

Silhouette portrait artist, Ruth E. GrabnerIn homage to a long ago time when itinerant artists would visit homes to create portraits that would become treasured family possessions, Ms. Grabner will be offering, for an affordable fee, Victorian silhouette portraits.

11:15am - “Development of Caldwell from Fine Resorts and Gentlemen’s Farms to Suburbia”

11:45am - “Caldwell’s Most Endangered Building” (You’ll be surprised!)All of the programs will focus on the Borough’s rich architectural heritage. Residents will be able to look up historic information about their homes and receive guidance about how to do further research. Local historian, Richard Cummings, and architect/historic preservation expert, Frank Gerard Godlewski, will speak.

Self-guided tour: Parsonage Hill; map to be available "in the area"Spanning the years from 1870 to 1920, the neighborhood includes Queen Anne, Carpenter Gothic and Shingle Style architecture and virtually all of the buildings in the neighborhood have retained their architectural integrity.